Long Vowels

She starts the lesson at 0:54.
By “long vowels,” she means these vowels.

IPA

Long Vowels

Other Words

eɪ

“a” as in “cake”

made, ate, paid, paste, break, …

i

“e” as in “keep”

he, see, heat, she, be, we, fee, tree, …

aɪ

“i” as in “bike”

five, time, high, price, fine, pie, ride, …

oʊ

“o” as in “home”

no, show, snow, toe, soap, …

u

“u” as in “cute”

blue, true, who, shoe, lose, …

Notes
- If you don’t have a Unicode font installed on your computer, then the IPA characters may be wrong.
- The terms “long vowels” and “short vowels” are used when teaching reading to native English speaking children.